“Used in the 19the century by mental asylums, hospitals and a penitentiary”, Roosevelt Island now hosts a “reception room for weddings and other events”, relate The New York Times.
Stretching in the middle of the East River in New York, the island developed fifty years ago to become “residential area for the middle class”, describes the American daily. Nearly 10,000 souls now live there, not far from Manhattan.
And 2019, Frank Raffaele, “an entrepreneur born in Queens”, undertook to renovate the crumbling Roosevelt Island Church into a “improbable setting, but today unavoidable, for wedding celebrations”, traces the New York newspaper. A timeless wedding destination, accessible by cable car “for the price of a standard ticket”.
Practical and amazing
Ashley Austin Morris and Paul Choi were seduced by the place, to the point of choosing it to say yes to it. A destination as surprising as it is practical for their guests, says the bride, quoted by The New York Times :
“For many New Yorkers, leaving the city for an evening is not an option, but here it feels like a little vacation. And tonight everyone can go home.”
Cherry on the cake, “Hall rental is half the price” than in Manhattan, supports the title. The formula is thus attracting more and more New Yorkers, “including actors, dancers, musicians, journalists and Broadway professionals”, adds the daily.
When the Sanctuary was created, the establishment of a ceremonial and festive place was not viewed favorably by the inhabitants, concerned about the noise of such events. But thanks to the organization of events for the inhabitants of Roosevelt Island, The New York Times revealed : “Two years after its opening, The Sanctuary seems to have won the hearts of the most skeptical.”
2023-06-03 15:52:41
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